ANN ARBOR -- Unlike the snow and freezing temperatures, the 2014 NHL Winter Classic has come and gone from Ann Arbor. NHL commissioner Gary Bettman doesn't get credit for doing much right, but the consensus seems to be that his idea for holding the annual outdoor hockey game at the largest college football stadium in the world was a brilliant one.

No one knows if a world record for attendance at a hockey game was set on Wednesday just yet, but the commissioner already called the game between the Toronto Maple Leafs and Detroit Red Wings the best Winter Classic to date.

“The 2014 Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic was everything we hoped for
-- the biggest and best New Year’s Day party in our history," Bettman said in a release.

There was a lot going on over the past couple of days so here's a recap of everything written about the day across MLIve Media Group: